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Do It Yourself: Installing Glued Laminate Flooring - 2

You want to make sure your beginning allows you to keep the rest of the room square.

3. Once you have it dry fitted, you can start gluing the planks together. Do this by applying glue along all four edges of each plank. Carefully, slip each plank into place and tap it with a tapping block to tighten the joint. Allow these first three rows to dry for at least one hour before continuing.

4. As you come to the end of row, you may need to cut a plank to fit. First, see if a scrap piece can be used. If there is an angle, trace the pattern on the back of the plank and cut it with a saber saw.

5. On each new row, adjust the pattern so that the joints are at least 8 inches off from the joints on the previous row.

6. At the end of each row, tighten the joints with a pry bar or apply a strap clamp to hold the joints tight as they dry.

Finishing touches

1. Once the floor is installed and the glue has dried, replace the quarter round molding of the expansion gap around the edges. Make sure that the finishing nails used to secure the molding do not go into the laminate flooring.

2. Use the appropriate reducer strip to transition from the laminate flooring to other types of flooring that it meets up to.

Again, this is a general guideline of how to install glued laminate flooring. More specific instructions will come with your particular product. Make sure to follow those exactly and to ask your retailer if there is any confusion as to what you should do.

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